![]() It was profoundly distasteful to hear one person after another speak about "gorging" and "stuffing" themselves nary a word about the underlying meaning of the holiday seems to have survived the irresistible rise of gluttony. This November, for example, I found myself shocked for the first time-thinking in a new way about food and the messages we send our children about eating-by how people act and speak about Thanksgiving. ![]() ![]() One of the most basic and even anodyne messages my grandmother implanted forever in my head is "Pan Metron Ariston," which translates to "Moderation in All Things." In this exceedingly immoderate age, it rings with new force as a code to live by. ![]()
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